Department mission statements and assessment plans: Lessons from the trenches at an undergraduate liberal arts college

CHED 1782

Karen J. C. Muyskens, muyk@calvin.edu, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Calvin College, 3201 Burton St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Calvin College adopted a detailed mission statement and assessment plan in 2003-04. This presentation will discuss the positives and negatives of this plan as we have attempted to implement it over the past several years. Ideas for revision will be discussed.